EWR-HKG. CO Flight 99. This flight took us directly over the geographical north pole. On this picture you can see the last bit of land before we reach the pack-ice. The view was stunning with snow and ice as far as one could see and a deep blue sky.

The contrasts between the darker aircraft parts and the white snow below combined with a sense of vastness while you are sitting in a small confined space is what makes this picture a great shot.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Absolutely breathtaking

Anonymous

11 years ago

Crisp clarity

Anonymous

11 years ago

It is beautiful. I sthat the North Pole

Anonymous

11 years ago

The view from the cabin is amazing

Anonymous

11 years ago

It doesn't get much better than that!! Very nice shot!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Stunning Picture. Great Picture taken there! The cloudless sky makes it even better.
Brilliant I Say!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Wow..You can even see a polar bear down there...amazing picture its just Amazing

Anonymous

11 years ago

Dude this rock, you know every time i travel across the north pole i just love it

Anonymous

11 years ago

Technology and Nature perfectly captured together. Bravo.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Just amazing, great quality.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Just looks fab

Anonymous

11 years ago

Amazing view and a great GE90 engine.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great!
Catched all the beautyful things you can see outside the a/c during flight in one picture...excellent!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great shot

Anonymous

11 years ago

Wowww ! 777 like a space shuttle in orbit around a lost ice world ! Very nice shot !

Anonymous

11 years ago

The photo gives great detail on the reflection of the sky and the snow below.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Simply beautiful and the contrast between the colour of the sky and the snow is fabulous
MARCO

Anonymous

11 years ago

Well,you've got some scenery in this case. i also love pictures taken from great angles (such as this one) where you don't see everything... because it makes you use your imagination as to what the rest of it looks like. the fog inbetween looks great. but as for the backgroung going from white to black

Anonymous

11 years ago

My uncle was the co-pilot on this flight. he checked his log and sure enough, this was the ship he flew on this date! this has been his wallpaper ever since. great shot!

This is a wonderful shot, the combination between the power of that engine, with the magnificence of perpetual snow

Anonymous

11 years ago

WOW! Those are very fancy picture with North Pole. It is very cold over in North Pole. Does anyone believe about the picture? They were heading to HKG over via North Pole. What is the temp below over in North Pole?

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great picture! One thing wrong with the details of the photo information: the geographical north pole is in Canada, therefore you were flying over Canadian airspace - not international as stated

Anonymous

11 years ago

I love seeing that GE90! Beautiful shot of the ice spanning all the way to the horizon and a deep blue sky.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Nice..I like it. Oh yea, and I know someone that probably knew someone down the line that was on or thougt about being on this flight.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Nice, great picture! =)

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great GE engines

Anonymous

11 years ago

Now this is what u call 'Chillin' Out" - irie!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Just beautiful!I wish to fly over this place and have the chance to land there even with a 777

Anonymous

11 years ago

This is probably my favorite pic on the entire site.

Anonymous

11 years ago

I'll say - I sure could use some of that ice.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great use of light, and captures the stark barren wilderness perfectly. The only thing I may have done differently would be to have maybe tilted the camera down just ever so slightly, so as to center the jet motor in the side frame better, and to make more of the land below visable. Not that I will ever get a shot like that! Kudos!

Dave Darby

Anonymous

11 years ago

Incredable

Anonymous

11 years ago

Wow! How many times do we have a chance to see the Pole from air?
Divine!
Let's hope no airplane crashes in that environment.

Anonymous

11 years ago

That's awesome.

Anonymous

11 years ago

It rocks!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Earth is a beautiful place, thanks for sharing this with us, a very very nice image.
Spencer Wilmot.

Anonymous

11 years ago

The composition, the color and the focus whereby the logo on the engine as well as the background are perfect.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Cool mountains

Anonymous

11 years ago

Beautiful pic! I love it!!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great picture! Flight training EPST is using this picture at their website!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Beaultifull photo! the best i have ever seen.

Anonymous

11 years ago

This is an awesome image!!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Beatiful Mike... well done, man... keep the good job.

Anonymous

11 years ago

A Very Well Done photo! You've captured the Cold and Barren region of the Northpole along with the cold and barren expanse of the mid to upper regions of our atmosphere. Notice that as you look to the upper portions of the photo the sky progressively gets darker and darker, thats because of the lack of atmosphere. Thus less reflection (blue) of the sunlight and the more blackness of space. COOL!

Anonymous

11 years ago

What a beautiful view of the ice caps! It is a salient reminder to us all that humanity has both the privilege of enjoying such pristine places and the responsibility of protecting them.

Anonymous

11 years ago

The best Inflight Entertainment remains the look out of the window!

Anonymous

11 years ago

This picture is just so beautiful... And yet I know that pictures don't do justice to living the real thing.. My have been one hell of an experience.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Flew CO89 two days ago and saw something similar to this. Beautiful!

Anonymous

10 years ago

Absolutly peaceful shot...the gorgeus ice dawn makes and extraordinary support for the stuning blues up there...all that with the massive GE engine, congratulations!

Anonymous

10 years ago

Just the overall picture. Landscape is wonderful and the quality is top notch

Anonymous

10 years ago

Simple, uncluttered

Anonymous

10 years ago

If only every city in the world could be so clean, clear, crisp and sharp. Thank You, Michael, for sharing an Absolutely Clear picture here.

Anonymous

10 years ago

What’s remarkable about this shot is how intriguing it is, both visually but also geographically. Literally, “going over the top”, this photographer captures what many seldom see on Earth.

Anonymous

10 years ago

Amazing depth & clarity !!

Anonymous

10 years ago

The curve and flex of the wing, the size of the engine and the shear snow mass below

Anonymous

10 years ago

Making the sky the best place on earth...

Anonymous

9 years ago

I have been on this flight, and can attest to the stunning beauty of the N Pole. Sure hope the pilot does not have to make an emgcy landing.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Great

Anonymous

9 years ago

That snow looks great!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Great colours, great plane, great shot

Anonymous

9 years ago

One of the most beautiful pictures I ever saw. Congratulations!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Stunning view!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Wow

Anonymous

8 years ago

EPIC

Anonymous

8 years ago

Marvelous

Anonymous

8 years ago

What are the traces on ice in the lower left corner?

Anonymous

8 years ago

Took this flight too, tha view is just amazing

Anonymous

8 years ago

Beautiful photo

Anonymous

8 years ago

Wow.. superb shot of the snow covered landscape

Anonymous

8 years ago

Love that White and Blue feeling.
Very Good!!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Impressive foto that leaves me without a word.

Anonymous

8 years ago

It show power and power

Anonymous

8 years ago

Cheers to the largest engine on earth and the safest plane in the world!